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B. F. NORTON. EAVES THOUGH HANGER.

Patented May 3, 1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN F. NORTON, OF PERRY, IOWA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN H. PATTEE, OF SAME PLACE.

EAVES-TROUGH HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 474,184., dated May 3, 1892.

Application filed May 18, 1891. Serial No. 393,071. (No model.)

To to whom it may concern: tach the nut from the bolt and separate the Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. NORTON, end portions of the metal strap far enough to a citizen of the United States of America, and allow the loop to be placed on an eaves-trough a resident of Perry, in the county of Dallas at any point of its length desired and then 5 and State of Iowa, have invented a new and bring the end portions of the loop together useful Hanger for Eaves-Troughs, of which again to clasp the trough and fasten them by the following is a specification. replacing the bolt and nut and bend thefree My object is to provide a convenient, duraprojecting end at the point where it is to enble, and cheap device adapted to be attached gage the caves of the roof and then nail it flat IO to the caves of a building for the purpose of upon the roof. In the series of hangers used suspending therefrom a trough; and myinto suspend a trough the point at which the vention consists in the construction of an projecting ends of the straps are bent to eneaves-trough hanger out of a single strip of gage the roof must necessarily be farther from strap metal adapted to encircle a trough and the loop at one end of the trough than at the 15 to be readily, conformable to the diameter other end, as required, to support one end of thereof, as hereinafter more fully described, the trough higher than the other end. set forth in my claims, and illustrated in the Having thus described my invention, what accompanying drawings, in whicl I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Figure 1 is a plan view of the blank or Patent, is

20 metal strap. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of 1. A hanger for eaves-troughs, consisting of the hanger produced by bending the metal a metal strap having at one end perforations strap, as required, to conform to the shape of adapted to admit nails or screws, as required, an eaves-trough of semicircular shapein cross to attach the device to the eaves of a buildsection. Fig. 3 is a modification of Fig. 2, ing and having its central portion in the form 2 5 showing the device adapted in form for susof a loop adapted to encircle an eaves-trough, pending a V-shaped trough and having its ears projecting from the strap to engage the lower end adjustably connected to the horitop edge of an eaves-trough, a series of perzontal top portion of the loop by means of a forations formed in the strap at the top of the screw-bolt and nut; and Fig. at is an end view loop, and a bolt extended through the other 0 of a house, showing parts broken away, and end of the strap to enter perforations at the a cross-section view of a trough suspended top of the loop and produce a detachable and therefrom by means of my invention, as readjustable connection therewith, substanquired, for practical use. tially as set forth. '80

A is a metal strap having one of its end 2. A metal strap adapted to encircle and 3 5 portions B perforated, as required, to admit support an eaves-trough, having its one end nails or screws for the purpose of attaching adapted to be attached to the roof of a house the device to the eaves of a building. Its cenand the other end detachably connected with terportion is in form of a loop 0, adapted .to a portion of the strap on top of the eavesencircle and clasp a trough, and its end D is trough, and diagonal incisions formed in the 0 detachably and adjustably connected to the sides of the strap in juxtaposition to one of portion B byineans of a screw-bolt F and nut the top edges of the eaves-trough to form ears J entering the perforations D The upper or clasps to engage the said top edge of the inside corner of the loop C has incisions K, eaves-trough, for the purposes stated.

which produce clasps adapted to engage the BENJAMIN F. NORTON. 45 edge of the trough to aid in holding it firmly \Vitnesses:

in position. v A. AINLEY,

In the practical use of my invention I de- H. P. LOCK. 

